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Nelson's
Dockyard
Wet Dock |
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The Wet Dock at Nelson's Dockyard, Antigua |
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The wet dock was part of the
boat house and sail loft
built in 1797. Ships would tie up in the wet dock and the
sails would be hoisted up to the sail loft through a trap
door for repair. |
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The building was damaged by an earthquake in
1845 and a hurricane in 1871,
which resulted in the sail loft loosing it's roof.
Today all that remains of the original boat house and sail
loft are the
massive
boat house pillars, which have been capped with concrete to
preserve them against
further decay. |
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Nelson's Dockyard main
buildings:
Naval Officers
House (1855),
Officers
Quarters (1810),
Cordage and Canvas Store (begun in 1778), Copper and
Lumber Store
(1789), the Boat
House and
Joiners Loft
(1778),
Pay Office
(1807), the Boat
House and Sail Loft (1796), Seaman's Gallery (1778), Pitch
and Tar Store (1788) and
Fort Berkeley (1704)
guarding the entrance to
English Harbour. |
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